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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Excel/VBA for Creative Problem Solving, Part 1 by University of Colorado Boulder

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About the Course

"Excel/VBA for Creative Problem Solving, Part 1" is aimed at learners who are seeking to augment, expand, optimize, and increase the efficiency of their Excel spreadsheet skills by tapping into the powerful programming, automation, and customization capabilities available with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). This course is the first part of a three-part series and Specialization that focuses on the application of computing techniques in Excel/VBA to solve problems. In this course (Part 1), you will: 1) create macros to automate procedures in Excel; 2) define your own user-defined functions; 3) create basic subroutines to interface with the user; 4) learn the basic programming structures in VBA; and 5) automate Excel’s Goal Seek and Solver tools and use numerical techniques to create “live solutions” to solve targeting and optimization problems. New to computer programming? The extremely intuitive and visual nature of VBA lends itself nicely to teaching and learning - what a fun way to learn to code! No prior knowledge in programming nor advanced math skills are necessary yet seasoned programmers will pick up new and creative spreadsheet problem solving strategies. After you have learned the basics of VBA, each module will introduce foundational and broad problems inspired by situations that you might encounter in the real world. To pass each module, you'll need to pass a mastery quiz and complete a problem solving assignment. This course is unique in that the weekly assignments are completed in-application (i.e., on your own computer in Excel), providing you with valuable hands-on training....

Top reviews

MS

Jan 26, 2018

Great course! I like it goes straight to implementation and is practice-oriented. What could be improved maybe is sound quality of lectures. And maybe it would be great to have some VBA notes in pdf.

JH

Apr 2, 2020

Very good course with clear examples throughout to help you develop. The online format of the course is great as it allows you to pause and work through the activities presented at your own speed.

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By sanketh k

Jul 28, 2019

Excellent, very understanding and very tricky questions to be very attentive even while watching hte videos.

By Carl E S I

May 10, 2019

A challenging course that will help you learn basic programming logic, language, and problem solving skills.

By Nicola S

Jan 5, 2019

Very instructive screencasts and assignments. Highly recommended to anyone using Excel/VBA on a daily basis.

By Parul S

Jul 23, 2018

After taking this course, one can save hours of wrangling with syntax errors and debugging.

Excellent course!

By Miranda C

Apr 13, 2020

Very well taught, the assignments and quizzes made sense with the material it was testing on. I enjoyed it!

By Dominykas J

Apr 6, 2018

Exceptional quality of the course with interesting quizes, interactive tasks and very responsive professor!

By Edgardo G

Jul 5, 2023

Prof. Nuttelman is an awesome instructor. Love his teaching techniques and very friendly, welcoming voice.

By Antony N

Feb 20, 2021

The trainer makes VBA seem so easy. I enjoyed it.

Suggestion: Show examples of how it can help accountants.

By Supitcha S

Sep 29, 2020

This course is super useful, everyone should try this. This help a lot when you do your job or for promote

By Celestine C

Jul 8, 2020

Very interesting and the assignments are set at a reasonable difficulty level. I've thoroughly enjoyed it!

By Shola A

Feb 1, 2020

Very good with very power insight into the world of VBA. This is best course on VBA the world need to see.

By José J N G

Jan 14, 2022

It is an excellent course. The teacher has a good pedagogy. Through examples he makes himself understood.

By Amy T

Apr 19, 2021

This was a very informative course. I think one prerequisite should be a basic understanding of algebra.

By Shi Z

Dec 21, 2020

Awesome course. The structure is pretty clear and the examples are great. Learned a lot. Thanks, Charlie!

By Tam N

Jul 4, 2018

The instructor is very concise and effective in communicating the coding concepts to the audience. The ma

By Valerie T

Aug 12, 2020

This course is really fun and the professor taught really well. His lesson structures are easy to follow

By shraddesh

Sep 5, 2019

Excellent course content for beginners, course design is perfect which enhance the learning. Big thanks.

By Lucas B

Jun 7, 2018

I have always looked for a practical, intuitive way to learn VBA. This is a great opportunity for that!

By fatma s

Jun 28, 2023

I am very grateful to everyone helped to produce this course, one of the best courses I have ever take.

By Lindsay C

Jul 10, 2020

THE BEST COURSE I have ever taken on Coursera. Great teaching, fair assignments, I can ask for no more.

By Sathvik G

Jul 28, 2021

Excellent course.! Course Instructor is fabulous in teaching all concepts meticulously and in detail.

By Ankur B

May 22, 2018

Great course to learn the basic of VBA so that one can build on it later in whichever field one goes.

By Huu L N

Dec 28, 2021

Learn hard, work hard. Everything in this course give me huge knowledge in programming and excel/vba

By Juan D G Q

May 23, 2019

Muy buen curso, se enseña el manejo de VBA con lógica y con aplicaciones a problemas de la vida real

By Ramez H

Apr 26, 2019

I am a Mechanical Engineer. This course helped me a lot with better using excel to perform analysis.